California State Assemblymember Kevin de Leon

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May Revise Budget Unfairly Targets Working Californians, School Children

(Sacramento) – Assembly Democrats, responding to the Governor’s revised budget proposal for 2008-09, are calling for a more balanced, thoughtful approach to balancing our state’s books. Assemblymember Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) says the Governor’s revised budget includes cuts that unfairly hurt struggling California families, is bad for our economy, lays off teachers, cuts public transit funding and includes solutions that may be no more than risky schemes. Assemblymember de León also says the Governor’s revised budget is not a real fix for the state’s financial crisis.

El Presupuesto del Gobernador Afecta Injustamente a los Californianos Más Vulnerables

(Sacramento) – Los Asambleístas Demócratas, están haciendo un llamado para encontrar una solución al déficit presupuestario que sea más equilibrada e inteligente. El Asambleísta Kevin de León (D- Los Angeles) dice que las propuestas del Gobernador incluyen recortes que afectan a las personas más necesitadas en nuestro estado. A los maestros, a los niños, a los ancianos y a las personas desvalidas. Afecta también de gran forma al sistema de transporte público e incluye soluciones que son basadas en esquemas no confiables. El Asambleísta de León dice que la propuesta del Gobernador no constituyen una solución viable que proteja los valores de los californianos.

New Universal, Portable Retirement Savings Program Unveiled

(Sacramento) - Assembly Assistant Majority Leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) has introduced landmark legislation to make California the first state in the nation to provide secure and portable savings accounts for workers. Assembly Bill 2940 will create the CalESP - the California Employee Savings Program - a voluntary, secure and completely portable retirement savings accounts that workers can freely take from job to job without penalty, helping prepare them for their retirement at no cost to taxpayers. The New America Foundation and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have endorsed the measure. Here's more in this Assembly Web Report

Early Cancer Detection Saves Lives

Early Cancer Detection Saves Lives (Spanish)

(Sacramento) – Early detection of a cancer can mean the difference between life and death. The statistics show the stark reality: Only 19% of ovarian cancer is currently diagnosed in Stage 1, when there is a five-year survival rate of 92% for women who receive treatment. Instead, most women are only diagnosed when they have progressed to Stage 3 (24%, with a 42% five-year survival rate) or even worse, Stage 4 (25%, with only a 17% five-year survival rate). With those numbers and the lives behind them in mind Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Sally Lieber (D-San Jose) has introduced Assembly Bill 1774, which will expand cancer screenings for women to include ovarian and uterine cancer tests. Assemblymembers Kevin de León, Mervyn Dymally, Karen Bass, Felipe Fuentes and John Laird have already signed on as co-authors of AB 1774. Here’s more in this Assembly Web Report.

State of the State Response

State of the State Response in Spanish

Assembly Democrats on Mortgage Crisis

(Sacramento) -- Assembly Democrats, led by Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Núñez, are calling for a special legislative session to address the growing foreclosure crisis. The Speaker and the Assembly Democrats have introduced a package of bills designed to stem the rising tide of foreclosures and keep the problem from happening again in the future. As we learn in this Assembly Web Report the Center for Responsible Lending says nearly 180,000 California homes will be lost to foreclosure from the 826,900 sub-prime loans made in 2005-2006 alone. Thousands of families are suffering and California could lose nearly $3 billion in property tax revenue.

Assemblymember Kevin de León on
the Home Mortgage Crisis

Assemblymember Kevin de León on
the Home Mortgage Crisis (In Spanish)

Assemblymember Kevin de León on
the Home Mortgage Crisis - Part 2 (In Spanish)

Crisis Hipotecaria en California

(Sacramento) -- Los Demócratas en la Asamblea, liderados por el Presidente Fabian Núñez, estan pidiendo que se convoque a una sesión legislativa especial para enfrentar a la crisis hipotecaria afectando a familias en el estado. El Presidente Núñez y los Demócratas en la Asamblea han presentado un paquete legislativo que busca ayudar a contner la cantidad de casas embargas y a prevenir que la situación vuelva a darse en el futuro. De acuerdo al Centro para Prestamos Responsables casi 180,000 familias perderan sus hogares en California a causa de 826,900 prestamos llamados en Inglés sub-prime o prestamos de alto riesgo con intereses variables hechos entre el 2005 y el 2006.